MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives had withdrawn the additional P2 billion it earlier proposed for the government’s national broadband program (NBP), leaving it with only an almost P2 billion budget next year.
This was revealed Wednesday when Senator Panfilo Lacson questioned the budget cut in the Department of Information and Communications Technology’s (DICT) from the Senate approved P14.4 billion to P8.4 billion during the bicameral conference committee.
Of the P14.4 billion, the Senate allotted P5.9 billion for the NBP, raising the original proposal of P902 million under the National Expenditure Program.
Lacson noted that the House added P2 billion to the …
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